The recent high water at the Beaches has really caught my eye in terms of lines, especially horizontal. These four images were taken yesterday with my Voigtlander Bessa R2M and 50mm/f2 Heliar lens on Kodak TMax 400 film.
Author: johnmeadowsphotography
An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cursing in the Dark
This image from High Park, Toronto last weekend was taken on Svema Foto 100 film; this film has a great look but its very thing and flexible polyester base makes it among the most challenging to get loaded onto a film reel for developing. Much cursing in the dark resulted.
Voigtlander R2M rangefinder camera, 35mm/2.5 Color-Skopar lens
Svema Foto 100 film, stand-developed in Rodinal 1+100, 1 hour
Experimenting With Minimalism
Back to the flooded chairs at the Beaches in Toronto. I was experimenting with minimalism; to me this photograph is about what isn’t in the image, just as much as what is in the image.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/f4 Zeiss Sonnar lens
Fuji Reala 100 film
Tree Torsos
To me, these trees that had to be cut down (I think perhaps because of beetles?) look like pieces of old statues one would find among ruins.
Voigtlander R2M, 50mm/2 Heliar Classic lens
TMax 400 film
Outside the Cathedral
Not yet replaced by new growth, this plant in the park beside St. James Cathedral in Toronto had some interesting textures.
Nikon N90s, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
Ilford FP4+ film developed as positive by DR5
The Bus Home Last Night
There was an interesting couple on the bus home last evening …
iPhone 6+, Hipstamatic App
Getting the Expression
Every now and then a candid portrait clicks. 🙂 Taken at a recent meet-up of Toronto film shooters.
Nikon N90s, Helios 44/2 58mm/2 lens, adapted for Nikon
Ilford FP4 film, developed as positive by DR5
Busker in the Blossoms
The Sakura Cherry Blossom event in Toronto tends to be hit or miss, based on the weather. In 2016 for example it was pretty much a bust. This year however the blossoms were in full view. In a sea of smartphones, DSLR’s and selfie sticks it was fun shooting black and white with a rangefinder.
Voigtlander R2M rangefinder, Leitz Elmar 90mm/4 lens
Kodak TMax 400 film
Empty Spaces
I have always been drawn to spaces meant for crowds when there aren’t a lot of people around. At certain points during the day this hall in Union Station in Toronto would be much busier.
Nikon N90s, 20mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
TMax 100 film
Chairs and Water
Today another image of chairs by the water at the Toronto Beaches. Widely scattered, they seemed like sentinals, watching for the coming summer on a rather cool spring day.
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 50mm/2 Heliar lens
Kodak Tmax 100 film
